Pak celebs to protest against rampant rape cases tomorrow

Famed celebrities including Ayesha Omar, Faisal Qureshi, and Ushna Shah urge people to join them at Karachi Press Club on Monday

Web Desk

September 13, 2020

The protest is slated to happen at the Karachi press club from 5pm to 7pm on September 17, Monday. Photo courtesy: Instagram

KARACHI: In light of the recent horrific motorway incident that has sparked outrage and angst among the masses, Pakistani celebrities have called people to join the protest against the rampant sexual harassment cases in the country which have raised concerns over the safety of citizens – regardless of their gender and age.

Famed celebrities, including actors Ayesha Omar, Faisal Qureshi, Momal Shiekh, and Ushna Shah posted on Instagram, urging people to join the protest launched by the media fraternity at Karachi Press Club, September 14, Monday, from 5 pm – 7 pm.

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The Media fraternity requests you to join us for a peaceful protest at Karachi Press Club, Monday- 14th September’20 at 5PM – 7PM. #Nomercyforrapists #Womenarenotsafe #Childrenarenotsafe @sarwatg @wajahatraufofficial @yasir.hussain131 @adnansid1 @adnanmalik1 @khanahsanofficial @aijazzaslamofficial @aima_baig_official @therealaligulpir @amarkhanlove @angelinemalikofficial @imareebahabib @asadsidofficial @asimazhar @asimjofa @ayesha.m.omar @fahadzmirza @faysalquraishi @ faizasaleem90 @faakhirm @hasanrizvi.official @hinakhwajabayatofficial @saeedhumayun @imranabbas.official @maheenkarimofficial @maheenofficial @mawrellous @meesha.shafi @mehwishhayatofficial @minalkhan.official @mira.sethi @momal15 @mooroosicity muneeb_butt @nadiahussain_khan @natashabaigofficial @sajalaly @thesaniasaeed @saqibmalik33 @iamshaniera @shehzadss @sonyahussyn @urwatistic @ushnashah @zaranoorabbas.official @ashrafrubina @saife_hasan @waseembadami_official.

A post shared by Ushna Shah (@ushnashah) on Sep 12, 2020 at 4:25am PDT

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Enough!!! . . The Media fraternity requests you to join us for a peaceful protest at Karachi Press Club, Monday- 14th September’20 at 5PM – 7PM. #Nomercyforrapists #Womenarenotsafe #Childrenarenotsafe @sarwatg @wajahatraufofficial @yasir.hussain131 @adnansid1 @adnanmalik1 @khanahsanofficial @aijazzaslamofficial @aima_baig_official @therealaligulpir @amarkhanlove @angelinemalikofficial @imareebahabib @asadsidofficial @asimazhar @asimjofa @ayesha.m.omar @fahadzmirza @faysalquraishi @faizasaleem90 @faakhirm @hasanrizvi.official @waseembadami_official @hinakhwajabayatofficial @saeedhumayun @imranabbas.official @maheenkarimofficial @maheenofficial @mawrellous @meesha.shafi @mehwishhayatofficial @minalkhan.official @mira.sethi @momal15 @mooroosicity @muneeb_butt @nadiahussain_khan @natashabaigofficial @sajalaly @thesaniasaeed @saqibmalik33 @iamshaniera @shehzadss @sonyahussyn @urwatistic @ushnashah @zaranoorabbas.official @ashrafrubina @saife_hasan @waseembadami_official

A post shared by Ayesha Omar (@ayesha.m.omar) on Sep 12, 2020 at 4:15am PDT

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A crime against a woman is not merely a crime but a failure to grow, failure to practice freedom and failure to move past our barbaric tendencies. This heinous crime has given me sleepless nights; what have we come down to? My heart goes out to those helpless children, who were subjected to this kind of torture, an innocent woman who never knew of the trauma and life long pain she was about to suffer. We have had enough! This is unacceptable and as one voice, we DEMAND justice from our authorities. Women need to feel safe, women should be safe, women must be safe! Plain and simple. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

A post shared by Momal Sheikh (@momal15) on Sep 11, 2020 at 8:49am PDT

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Keep sharing and join hands

A post shared by Faysal Quraishi (@faysalquraishi) on Sep 12, 2020 at 2:44am PDT

The incident took place on Tuesday night when robbers had gang-raped a mother of two on the Motorway within Gujjarpura police's jurisdiction in Lahore.

Following the horrific incident, the social media users flew into a rage on Thursday and demanded severe punishment for the culprits involved in the disturbing incident – that has jolted Pakistan and has raised serious questions on the law and order situation on the Lahore-Sialkot Motorway.